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Ashley Stanley

Ashley Stanley is the Founder & CEO of New England-based food recovery organization, Spoonfuls, which she launched in 2010 to tackle the paradoxical problems of wasted food, hunger, and climate change. Through her leadership and with a focus on people-centered outcomes, Ashley has worked to scale Spoonfuls' operations, raise awareness of the issue of wasted food, and build support for food recovery. To date her company has kept over 34 million pounds of food (enough for 27 million meals) out of the waste stream. 

 

Ashley is a frequent conference presenter and panelist, a member of TEDWomen, and a TEDx Community speaker, in addition to lecturing regularly at Harvard, MIT, and Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. She has been featured on NPR, has written for The Huffington Post, and enjoys sharing her perspective as a Jewish, LGBTQAI+ leader.

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Expertise

Organizational
Leadership

  • Generating meaningful, people-centered outcomes

  • Challenging traditional or outdated ideas - innovating for positive change

Food

Recovery

  • Tackling the issues of wasted food, hunger, and climate change

  • Scaling food recovery to maximize human impact 

Other Areas of Focus

  • Intersection of identity and the workplace

  • LGBTQAI+ leadership

  • Jewish values at work

Featured Engagements

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LinkedIn

So why'd we rebrand anyway?

Spoonfuls deepened its commitment to justice over charity through their 2024 rebrand. Ashley writes about the why behind the shift.

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Boston University

Women Mean Business Conference

Ashley shares about Spoonfuls' commitment to delivering food with purpose.

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TEDxBeacon Street

Rethinking Your Purpose, Repairing The World

A seasoned in-person TEDx presenter, Ashley draws on her family’s history as refugees during World War II in this recorded talk.

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Medium

Social and

Climate Impact

How Ashley and Spoonfuls are recovering food that would otherwise be thrown away across Massachusetts.

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Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce

Words of Wisdom

Ashley provides insight around how Spoonfuls shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Food Lens

Podcast

Hear Ashley reflect on 10 years of leading and scaling Spoonfuls while staying focused on

people-centered outcomes.

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More about Ashley

Ashley is based in Boston but welcomes speaking invitations from community groups, businesses, and conferences across the country. Reach out to learn more about booking Ashley.

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